LOCAL NEWS

Anambra State Anti Touts Squad has reportedly brutalised seven commercial tricyclists and destroyed 11 vehicles in Awka, the state capital. It was learnt that three of the brutalised victims were receiving treatment in the hospitals. It was gathered that the Anti Touts Squad had stormed Unizik keke park and brutalised seven members of Anambra Keke […]

Anambra State Governor’s wife, Nonye Soludo, says she hopes to visit all the children’s homes in Anambra State before Christmas. Mrs. Soludo stated this during her visits to more children’s homes in Awka and Amawbia. The children’s homes visited by the Governor’s wife were Tenderlove Community Children’s Home, Awka, and Divine Mercy Compassion Home, Amawbia. […]

The Anambra State Police Command said it has arrested a couple trafficking a one-month-old baby from Lagos. According to a statement issued on Tuesday by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the interception was made at the River Niger Bridgehead in Onitsha on December 17, 2023. Although the couple’s identity was not […]

Operatives of Nigerian Hunters and Forest Security Service have rescued a kidnap victim, Mrs. Ugochukwu Chikelue, an indigene of Umueri community, who was kidnapped last Friday, after four days in captivity. The victim, who was kidnapped along Igboezulu- Aguleri road, at about 7pm, last Friday, on her way from the market, was rescued by hunters, […]

It was prizes and awards galore for various Archdiocesan secondary schools,their teachers and students who participated in this year’s(2023) Archbishop Valerian Okeke Science Competition (AVOSCO)which results were released at the Shanahan Auditorium on Wednesday.  No fewer than 30 students inclusive of their teachers carted away various prizes and awards ranging from certificates,cash,laptops,printers and  huge whiteboards. […]

Anambra State governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has urged the people of the state to return home and join their relations in celebrating the Christmas and New Year, assuring them that the state is safe. Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Christian Aburime, who spoke for the governor, said there are assurances and unyielding commitment to […]

The Onitsha Archdiocesan Presbyterium led by the Metropolitan Archbishop of Onitsha,Most Rev Valerian Okeke last Tuesday celebrated an end of year thanksgiving mass where the Archbishop called for special prayers for the country,the poor and the less privileged to lessen the current hardship and sufferings of the masses. The thanksgiving mass was held at the […]

Delta State Police Command has banned the sale and use of fireworks, knockouts, firecrackers, and other pyrotechnics in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, CP Wale Abass warned that the measure was taken because it posed a threat to state security and should be avoided. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday […]

Anambra State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs. Ify Obinabo, has announced plan to bring together groups that are committed to the fight against child trafficking and other rights abuses for them to work together for a common goal. Mrs. Obinabo, who announced this when Human Rights and Road Safety Awareness Team paid […]

The Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, has expressed profound sadness over the demise of a former governor of the state, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife. Soludo conveyed his deep sense of loss for the elder statesman in a statement released by his Press Secretary, Mr. Christian Aburime, on Friday. Describing Ezeife as a man of many […]